One good method is the 'cottonball' method where you feed your dog a few cottonball pieces (flavoured with wet dog food or whatever it likes the taste of).
This usually works. As the cottonballs work their way through the dog they pick up all the splinters and makes them easier to pass. Check its crap for a few days and you will see the balls pass with fragments of bone in them, if you see blood take to vet ASAP.
Call a vet on monday and see what they say. A piece that big can definitely cause an obstruction.
What he'll tell you: wait and monitor. If he's throwing up, he's obsctructed at the bottom of the stomach and they can get it out with a tool down the throat. If he stops crapping and gets bloated, it's in the intestines and will require surgery. Generally something large enough to pass into the intestines is large enough to be eliminated, it's only things with funky shapes that get lodged sideways that cause plumbing problems. Hopefully it wasn't sharp enough.
Anyways he'll give you a good time frame. Unfortunately this means you might have to keep an eye on his stool. Do you walk him or just let it have the run of the backyard? I don't think this is necessary - it will be clear in a week or less whether there's a real obstruction - but hey if you like that sorta thing
Hold a ball in your hand and pretend to throw it, a dog goes running.....do the same thing with a cat and the cat will look at you like youre the stupid one
A dog will chase its tail, the cat will watch for amusement
Yell at a dog and its tail will go between its legs, yell at a cat and it will just look at you as if to say "srsly is that all you got?"
Exactly the point! Cats arent stupid, they know what you are good for. Dogs are just naive and plain retarded
Dogs know their own name. Cats seem to think their name is "click click click" or however you want to type that sound you make with the back of your throat.
Cats and Dogs both have their own good qualities.. but I'm not a indoor pet person myself, I'm thinking about getting some goats, or chickens.. I would get Sheep but I'm afraid Batty might violate them.
Hold a ball in your hand and pretend to throw it, a dog goes running.....do the same thing with a cat and the cat will look at you like youre the stupid one
Yeah, but shine a flashlight near it and a cat will go apeshit!
My dog ate a regular sized lightbulb before and passed it. Hes just a small Pug. Looks just like the dog from Milo and Otis. Hell just the other day he ate a zip lock bag and 6 of my peanut butter and caramel cookies. I wanted some so bad the other day. I was gettin pissed until I found part of the zip lock bag and I knew the dog did it. Only thing he got from it was a bad case of the shits! Out you go!!!
When I tell my cat it's name, it always responds with a very loud meow (it also eats about 26 times a day respectively) so I know it understands to some extent.
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One good method is the 'cottonball' method where you feed your dog a few cottonball pieces (flavoured with wet dog food or whatever it likes the taste of).
This usually works. As the cottonballs work their way through the dog they pick up all the splinters and makes them easier to pass. Check its crap for a few days and you will see the balls pass with fragments of bone in them, if you see blood take to vet ASAP.
In fact I'd call the vet NOW anyway.
~~NGD
What he'll tell you: wait and monitor. If he's throwing up, he's obsctructed at the bottom of the stomach and they can get it out with a tool down the throat. If he stops crapping and gets bloated, it's in the intestines and will require surgery. Generally something large enough to pass into the intestines is large enough to be eliminated, it's only things with funky shapes that get lodged sideways that cause plumbing problems. Hopefully it wasn't sharp enough.
Anyways he'll give you a good time frame. Unfortunately this means you might have to keep an eye on his stool. Do you walk him or just let it have the run of the backyard? I don't think this is necessary - it will be clear in a week or less whether there's a real obstruction - but hey if you like that sorta thing
PRO-CAT
A dog will chase its tail, the cat will watch for amusement
Yell at a dog and its tail will go between its legs, yell at a cat and it will just look at you as if to say "srsly is that all you got?"
yeah but a dog gives you unconditional love... a cat just wants to know when you're going to feed it and scratch it ass
Which is why I've never understood how men seem to relate to dogs better, and women - cats. Maybe we just resent pets that are too much like ourselves
Exactly the point! Cats arent stupid, they know what you are good for. Dogs are just naive and plain retarded
Dogs know their own name. Cats seem to think their name is "click click click" or however you want to type that sound you make with the back of your throat.
Hold a ball in your hand and pretend to throw it, a dog goes running.....do the same thing with a cat and the cat will look at you like youre the stupid one
Yeah, but shine a flashlight near it and a cat will go apeshit!
Cats > Dogs
matt - Baxter knows his name, he knows a lot more too.
wizard - dogs go crazy for flashlights too
My dog ate a regular sized lightbulb before and passed it.